Genuine Mongolian Names and Roots

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Names that commemorate a special event. Temujin "Of Iron" was named for a enemy cheiftan defeated by his father.
Animal names. Khasar "Terrible dog"; Khulan "wild horse"; It Kuujujuk "Little Dog";
Character traits. Batu "confident"; Bataar "hero"; Bilig "Intelligent";
Weapons, tools, or other objects. Jebe "arrowpoint"; Suke "ax"; Khada'an "Rock"
Color or beautiful objects Altan "gold"; Erdene "jewel" Oyunchecheg "turqoise flower"; Gho'a "beautiful lady"
Important numbers Yesuntai "9" also means "abundant" (a lucky number); Nayan "eighty"(the age of the father);Jirghadai "sixth" (sixth child)
Despised things to fool the evil spirits Bujir "filthy" ; Keuken "Girl" (if it was a boy)
Foreign names Includes Buddhist names such as Ayushi "God of Longeviety" Gorgis; Anton; Uzbek; Tangut "Tibetan"
All of these names could also have different suffixes to create different names. In the "Secret History of the Mongols", you see a lot of allerative names in relatives, for example Temujin's siblings were Qasar, Qaci'un, Temuge, and Temulun (the last one was a baby sister).

Most medieval Mongolians seem to have had only one name or a name. Considering the size of the population and their proximity, not to mention the huge variations available, it was unlikely that there would be any confusion. In modern Mongolia, they use two names, the first being their father's. For example, Sirichin Bataar. Sirichin is Bataar's father. It is sortened to S.Bataar.

SOURCES FOR NAMES
Secret History of the Mongols is the best period source.

Travel journals and histories by these contemporaries.

Ala-ad-din
Ibn Battuta
Rashid ad-Din
Friar William of Rubruck
Friar John of Pian de Carpini
Marco Polo
A note about titles in the SCA
According to the Yasa of Genghis Khan, no one except for the khans and the kha-khans were to use titles. Therefore there are not a lot of parallels to modern titles, such as sir or duke. The SCA has recognizes only one title, "Bataar" for knighthood. Unofficially, other titles such as "Khan" for king, "Khatun" for queen have also been used. According to a tranlation in the Secret history, there might be an arguement for "Ujin" for lady and "Ko'un" for prince, but this was not used by the person themselves, but by historians when refereing to them and their station.

- a -
Adangqan Uriangqai - Ancestress of Genghis Khan &

Al Altun - Genghis Khan's daughter &

Alan To-a - First woman named in the Secret History. Ancestress of Genghis Khan. &

Alay Yid - wife of Yeke Ceren&

Alima (apple) - a modern woman

Alqua Beki - A princess&

Altani - (golden) Wife of Boroyul&

Altansetseg - (gold flower) a modern woman

Any - a warrior queen

Arghun Aqa - Mongol Official @

Arlsag - (lion)%

Ariq-boke - brother and rival of Kublai @

- b -
Baiju - Mongol general @

Baljinnyam - a modern woman, ambassador #

Baryudai Mergen - Ancestress of Genghis Khan &

Bataciqan - The first name in the Secret history, son of the bluish wolf and the fallow dear.&

Batbayar (strong holiday) - a modern woman

Battsetseg (firm flower) - a modern woman

Baatar - (brave, courageous, or hero) - a modern man, modern woman#, and %

Batu - (confident or immoveable)%

Bayan - Yuan official @

Beker - half brother of Genghis @

Bolor (crystal) - a modern woman

Bortei - wife of Genghis @

Buri - Mongol prince

Buhbatar - (strong hero) modern boy^

- c -

Chabi - Kublai Khan's favorite wife (Her name is Sanskrit.)

Chaghatai - Second cousin of Genghis

Chimeg - modern woman

Choijelsurengiin Mendbayar - a modern champion archer (The first part of the name is his father's name, Choijelsuren.)